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What is nhc.exe? Notebook Hardware Control?

Vendor:      pBUS
Product:     Notebook Hardware Control
Vendor Website:      http://www.pbus-167.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: nhc.exe - Notebook program to extend battery life and slow down system processor.

nhc.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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nhc.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
nhc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x0add5ae8445c9d3d6546668342643ac7 3/21/2015 9:01:00 PM Unknown 1.8.9.6 Notebook Hardware Control 2568 KB
2 Status 0x0e6ea1a400661291b2fe2c375cdd6397 2/7/2015 7:26:00 PM Unknown 1.8.9.6 Notebook Hardware Control 2568 KB
3 Status 0xb8c561e734f57e9402535c636be35156 4/30/2010 2:53:00 AM Unknown 1.8.0.3 Notebook Hardware Control 872 KB
4 Status 0x10a4927c95f96640ace06204bbad29a1 10/12/2009 8:30:00 AM Unknown 1.8.9.4 Notebook Hardware Control 2176 KB
5 Status 0xeb40341ce9bb37df3d49cb97fa263712 7/31/2009 11:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Notebook Hardware Control 1872 KB
6 Status 0xc9253e0057387d3b5a3ead9426dcc60e 7/8/2009 3:07:00 AM Unknown 1.8.10.3 Notebook Hardware Control 1876 KB
7 Status 0x6d445528d0c613153155bfa8587f9948 4/18/2009 10:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Notebook Hardware Control 1696 KB
8 Status 0x2077f7333c3e1bf2fac86611ba80152f 3/12/2009 3:24:00 PM Unknown 1.8.9.4 Notebook Hardware Control 2212 KB
9 Status 0x69d112d10406199badcef1a2542f7162 11/10/2008 11:06:00 PM Unknown 1.8.9.3 Notebook Hardware Control 2172 KB
10 Status 0x7b62aa7f5dd29885f360e18e47d90564 10/19/2008 11:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Notebook Hardware Control 2152 KB
11 Status 0x6917a2b0cacb4d2234ac51a215cc7771 10/5/2008 11:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown Notebook Hardware Control 1856 KB
12 Status 0x931f29f03c80a716c29d765409763719 5/17/2008 6:22:00 PM Unknown 1.8.0.3 Notebook Hardware Control 868 KB
13 Status 0x01a8c24426f8bee049473d5c4cbc946b 4/13/2008 12:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Notebook Hardware Control 2032 KB
14 Status 0x4f7bbff5d99a39f692393814fc2e1820 4/8/2008 10:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown Notebook Hardware Control 1868 KB
15 Status 0x61d2b12aba50d5ad9bad7084296ccb07 12/31/2007 Unknown 7.2.2 Notebook Hardware Control 6724 KB


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